Stop gambling if you don’t have free time to do it

[AbuBhakar]

Now I do not play poker as much as what I did in the past, I'm now a slot player so I can spend less time but I can still enjoy the game.

Amen to this, I’m a slot player too and I spend less time too on playing it since there’s a quick feature already to fast forward the games compared before during the initial introduction of slot which the quick spin is still very slow.

Besides I usually stop immediately whenever I hit a huge multiplier except when I hit the high multiplier too early while I’m still satisfied on playing slot games. Lastly my assurance that I will not be overly committed on slot game time is I’m using only small amount of money as budget for my slot game. This method guarantees a quick win or lose result for me.

[YOSHIE]

This is an advice based on my experience, don’t ever insert gambling on your schedule if you really don’t have free time for it because it will always result to disaster in both gambling and your life.

For me, gambling is okay, maybe if you ask me personally, of course I will answer, gambling doesn't have to have a special opportunity or time to do it, the point is that we are aware and understand our real work.

So far I only gamble for about 1-2 hours on certain types of games, yes of course this time can drain our energy and time, for this reason I currently only like to gamble on sports betting types, Maybe this type of sports betting doesn't require a certain amount of time, once we are sure about the sports bet we are placing, of course we don't have to control it anymore like slots, we just have to wait for the final result of losing and winning, I think those who are busy in the real world, maybe gambling in the sports arena is a good choice to save free time.

[bittraffic]

It is an addiction. You are also losing which is another sign that it is an addiction. If you have stopped this habit, it will be good. If you do not stop, it may later has side effect on your health and which you will not like. I have this habit before but I have also stopped since few years ago. If you do not have time to gamble, do not gamble. If you want to gamble, gamble with little amount of money.

It's like an addiction we know too well, we are aware of gambling addiction but we still keep doing it and then advise someone to not do it.

It's not unusual though. A gambler should know as they experience it themselves. Its good to see he didn't quit his job just to gamble so he still has his priority on set and can go on without gambling.

[Lida93]

I do gamble on several occasions but I don't mince my resting time with gambling I know it's not good because it's only one of many signs of gambling addiction. Never at a time should we make the mistake of giving up the time that is resourceful to our source of income to spend it on gambling as it would affect our productivity to work, perhaps also putting our job security at risk for an activity as gambling that is not reliable.

I don't like panicking while gambling because it doesn't make you stable to make better choices with your predictions in the case of sports games, and it doesn't make sense that I should not be enjoying an activity I was supposed to be enjoying just because am doing it at the wrong time and don't have much time to engage in it as should at a much free time.

[swogerino]

I’m always a victim of this mistake before when I’m still allure on online casino. I keep playing every night after work. I always play until midnight which makes me consume most of my rest time for my job preparation tomorrow.

The result is I don’t have much energy at work due to insufficient sleep and I lose funds on gambling because I keep playing quick due to my limited time. The effect is very disadvantageous to me since I both lose in these situations. This is the reason why I change my gambling pattern significantly that limit me to play only during weekends when I don’t have job tomorrow.

This is an advice based on my experience, don’t ever insert gambling on your schedule if you really don’t have free time for it because it will always result to disaster in both gambling and your life.

Even in weekends though when you do it and continue to lose money that will have an effect on your upcoming week as I know this from my personal experience,losing money makes one sad,it makes one even more sad when the losing of money continues and it never looks like a good session so one can make some money to forget about all those lost amounts.

For your mental health this is very bad and it is going to impact your personal life if you have one and of course your job life,there is no doubt about it,in such situations the best thing to do is to ask for professional help and quit gambling for good.

[Kelward]

The first step to getting out of a problem is to first admit that there's a problem, and with the self realization of the problem will help the individual to find a solution, and I'm glad that you where able to see where your gambling problem lies and you delt with it. Prioritizing your time and knowing when to do things that needed to be done is very effective, so you shouldn't let gambling to disturb your capability of where you get your daily bread, because gambling doesn't assure you of steady income, infact you lose more than you profit in it. Gambling should be for your free time and remember to gamble the amount that you can afford to loose.

[Odohu]

I’m always a victim of this mistake before when I’m still allure on online casino. I keep playing every night after work. I always play until midnight which makes me consume most of my rest time for my job preparation tomorrow.

The result is I don’t have much energy at work due to insufficient sleep and I lose funds on gambling because I keep playing quick due to my limited time. The effect is very disadvantageous to me since I both lose in these situations. This is the reason why I change my gambling pattern significantly that limit me to play only during weekends when I don’t have job tomorrow.

This is an advice based on my experience, don’t ever insert gambling on your schedule if you really don’t have free time for it because it will always result to disaster in both gambling and your life.

This depend on the type of gamble you are involved in. Some gamble are time consuming whereas some are not and can be done one off. Whatever be the type of gamble, they require some time and metal stability to be able to make clear decision. While those that can be done one off like sports betting, the only time required is that needed to make the selection, there after the bet can be placed while you face your other activities. On the other hand,  gambles that require one to spend time may be what you are referring to in this posts. They are actually engaging and emotionally draining, the reason I tend to refrain from most of them. Indeed they are not to be engaged in when time does not permit.

[wheelz1200]

I’m always a victim of this mistake before when I’m still allure on online casino. I keep playing every night after work. I always play until midnight which makes me consume most of my rest time for my job preparation tomorrow.

The result is I don’t have much energy at work due to insufficient sleep and I lose funds on gambling because I keep playing quick due to my limited time. The effect is very disadvantageous to me since I both lose in these situations. This is the reason why I change my gambling pattern significantly that limit me to play only during weekends when I don’t have job tomorrow.

This is an advice based on my experience, don’t ever insert gambling on your schedule if you really don’t have free time for it because it will always result to disaster in both gambling and your life.

I agree.  Gambling should be a form of entertainment.  If it is ruining your life in any way you should definitely stop.  It's just like everything else, moderation is the key to life.  Gambling is a huge addiction for people and with the ability to drain all of your money it's something that Definitely needs to be managed.

[PX-Z]

That's how gambling works if human abused of having it. Aside from health issue, time management issue, mental health issue, financial issue, it also affects your behaviour between your relationships that will be destroyed if not stopped immediately, and you can call it addiction.

[hyudien]

I do gamble on several occasions but I don't mince my resting time with gambling I know it's not good because it's only one of many signs of gambling addiction. Never at a time should we make the mistake of giving up the time that is resourceful to our source of income to spend it on gambling as it would affect our productivity to work, perhaps also putting our job security at risk for an activity as gambling that is not reliable.

I don't like panicking while gambling because it doesn't make you stable to make better choices with your predictions in the case of sports games, and it doesn't make sense that I should not be enjoying an activity I was supposed to be enjoying just because am doing it at the wrong time and don't have much time to engage in it as should at a much free time.

We should gamble in moderation and in moderation as you do, because gambling excessively is not a good thing, especially when chasing victory, it is not recommended. There are people who gamble at the expense of part of their time, they even gamble for long sessions which is not recommended, such as gambling at work, in my opinion this should not be done, because during working hours we have to be professional with our work. which are owned.
I agree with you, basically I think gambling should be done in a relaxed manner, therefore it is better to gamble in your free time, because by enjoying gambling maybe it won't cause problems, rather than gambling with panic or fear. If you lose, it could be a potentially big problem, even though losses in gambling are certain to happen.

[agustina2]

I think the subject title isn't appropriate since of course, how can you even do gambling in the first place if you don't have time to do it?

The appropriate title would be,

"Don't force yourself to gamble if amid our busy schedule"
"Stop gambling if it's affecting our real-life responsibilities already"

Either both, time management is important in our everyday life.

We should try to change, or much better remove already, some of our regular habits that don't contribute good anymore in our life.

[SmartGold01]

Already you should know the effects of gambling in our lives is either change us for good or change us negatively which will affect your behavior activity and lifestyle most times when people are talking what matters all you could be thinking is how to achieve your gambling goals making you lose concentration toward how to shaping your life.

Gambling shouldn't be compared or merged with our daily routine or activities otherwise it will slowly leads us into destruction since we can't focused to work on ourselves concerning how to control the effects on us.

I think we should learn to control ourselves, not to allow greed take over us because to me betting when you place bet and noticed that you are losing, not only the first bet but in all why not stop and go to bed sleep and have rest over your work then prepare against the next day instead of vesting all your time gambling continuously without securing any winning over the night.

[Yatsan]

Depends on your routine. As mentioned, you are playing after work wherein you have a choice to gamble on your rest days. Time management is the key if betting really has a place in your day. Also, no one is required to gambling daily; of course if there are other things that matters more, it should be prioritized. You had a job presentation and still chose playing 'til midnight and when it resulted to a problem, things will be generalized. It is no longer having the time to gamble but rather betting whenever you're free to do so and if you really want to. We re all free to skip days or weeks or even months if we have other things to do. Self-discipline, time management, setting of priority would be the bottomline here. I get the point and I appreciate it but there are just times we know what's bad and good but we still choose to do what might cause problem afterwards probably due to a drive.

That's how gambling works if human abused of having it. Aside from health issue, time management issue, mental health issue, financial issue, it also affects your behaviour between your relationships that will be destroyed if not stopped immediately, and you can call it addiction.

Well, that escalated quickly. Again, it is not gambling which is only an activity but rather the bettor. We do all have control of our actions unless you are already having symptoms of addiction which will make you impulsive of gambling. Gambling is only an activity; money and entertainment are factors which triggers that drive within us. It is our responsibility to control those drives for us to do things properly.

[acroman08]

just curious, how long do you usually gamble after work? I've done the same thing for a while now as a way to unwind(I mean gamble after work) and I usually just gamble for an hour or perhaps an hour and a half which still leaves me a lot of time to do something else after gambling but then again, my work hours are flexible so I guess it is one of the reason why gambling after work doesn't affect me much.

[Odusko]

It is an addiction. You are also losing which is another sign that it is an addiction. If you have stopped this habit, it will be good. If you do not stop, it may later has side effect on your health and which you will not like. I have this habit before but I have also stopped since few years ago. If you do not have time to gamble, do not gamble. If you want to gamble, gamble with little amount of money.

Addictions is one bad thing that starts as a joke and then being it will hit you hard untill you are able to nap yourself out of that state at a point because most of the time, some people continue in that addictions process untill they end up as a victim of the doverstating effects of that addictions that could result in some form of crisis that may not be good for the overall well being of the gambler, some times it best we gamble with the mindset that we are not chasing the winning and also not being over bearing in our gambling quest.

[Accardo]

This depend on the type of gamble you are involved in. Some gamble are time consuming whereas some are not and can be done one off. Whatever be the type of gamble, they require some time and metal stability to be able to make clear decision. While those that can be done one off like sports betting, the only time required is that needed to make the selection, there after the bet can be placed while you face your other activities. On the other hand,  gambles that require one to spend time may be what you are referring to in this posts. They are actually engaging and emotionally draining, the reason I tend to refrain from most of them. Indeed they are not to be engaged in when time does not permit.

All forms of gambling are unlimited to the period a player wants to stay in a casino. Games like slots don't get hold of the player's time like card games. Hence, slot players, for instance, have enough control over how long they gamble. A person can also decide to quit playing a session with two or more players. That means he's lost the game. However, gamblers in the Op's context who gamble while busy or scheduled for an event wouldn't focus on making the right decisions while gambling. The casino is best visited, online or offline, when we've completed the scheduled task for the day. And wish to advance the day with fun and relaxation.

One can choose to visit the casino and try out luck while experiencing fun. This type of trouble is for most players. The impulse tries to magnet the player to try out quickly and meet up at the meeting or party. Two challenges could erupt. The player may end up not going there or arrive very late. Gambling is challenging to players, and staying careful at every given time is worth it. I don't think it's that simple to play out with gambling, because it requires monetary and mental strength. Hence, gambling causes a loss of control for some, they may do something wrong enough to terminate the trip or event. Being hurried, and overexcited are possible red flags in gambling.

[mindrust]

You need to have fun while gambling so it is important to be relaxed while doing it. If you get stressed while playing then you shouldn't be doing it because you are only harming your body even further. If you still want to gamble after work, give your body some time to rest before you get into playing. Gambling might be fun but you still use some serious brain juice while making decisions and a tired body will make things even worse. That's why the best time to gamble is the weekends I think. It is because you have much more time for everything. You can relax more and do many other things.

[Slow death]

I always tell myself that I won't play gambling games that depend on luck because they are games that consume a lot of time and easily make people play every day, I say this because the only day I played gambling games who depend on luck to win, that was more than 4 years ago, at that time I played for 5 hours of time without realizing that a lot of time had passed and I wasn't playing with a lot of money, it was little money. So after I finished playing I started thinking what would have happened if I had been playing with a lot of money and I stopped for hours to think about the seriousness of what had happened and I came to the conclusion that I should stop playing any game of chance. that depended on luck and just stick with sports betting

and even in the case of sports betting, I have only bet on football and specific tournaments such as the main European leagues and their cups, national team games when they are qualifying games for the euro, world cup, cup america, cup African nations. as cup games are events with a large time interval and games from the main European leagues are held on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. So I have little time to spend in casinos. because it only takes less than 2 hours a week to analyze and bet on the games I want and then I don't bet on anything, I just keep following the results of the games on Google. i.e. I spend less than 3 hours of time at the casino in a week. and I spend 3 months without placing a bet when the games in the main European leagues end

[carlfebz2]

I’m always a victim of this mistake before when I’m still allure on online casino. I keep playing every night after work. I always play until midnight which makes me consume most of my rest time for my job preparation tomorrow.

The result is I don’t have much energy at work due to insufficient sleep and I lose funds on gambling because I keep playing quick due to my limited time. The effect is very disadvantageous to me since I both lose in these situations. This is the reason why I change my gambling pattern significantly that limit me to play only during weekends when I don’t have job tomorrow.

This is an advice based on my experience, don’t ever insert gambling on your schedule if you really don’t have free time for it because it will always result to disaster in both gambling and your life.

It would really be just that requiring some common sense if you do ask me, because on the time that you would really be able to make yourself wary on the situations that you are into
specially if you have seen that you had already affect out your own work.Then it would really be just that normal that you would really be making out some adjustments so that
it would really be making things look right again. We do know that once you have starting on having mismanagement with your time which causes for you to be that non efficient
when it comes to your work due to lack of sleep because of gambling then its normal that you would really be needing to have that adjustment.

It would really be that normal that you would really be seeing this to be disadvantageous on the time that you would be seeing your work is been affected.

[Heartilly]

This is an advice based on my experience, don’t ever insert gambling on your schedule if you really don’t have free time for it because it will always result to disaster in both gambling and your life.

It's better to just do gambling, only if we intend to do it regardless if we are busy with our schedule or not.

It's good to play gambling if our interest is present at that particular time rather than just doing it because we want to make money even though our body is tired anymore because of all-day work. It's ok to gamble a bit after a tiring day of work or before going to sleep but not to the point that we will spend several hours playing on it which lessens our sleep hours already and a result, lack of energy at work and any other regular activities daily.